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SUMMARY:The Last Supper: A Grand Guignol Love Story
DESCRIPTION:A death dinner. A zombie apocalypse. Love\, democracy\, and everyone fighting for a seat at the last supper. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nTHE LAST SUPPER\nA Grand Guignol Love Story by David Simpatico \nWhat if your last supper really were your last supper?\nAs civilization collapses around them\, seven wildly different survivors gather under one roof for an impossible dinner. At the center of the evening is Edgar\, an elderly man who has decided to die on his own terms. A death doula has been brought in to help him make that final passage. But Edgar’s carefully planned death dinner is interrupted by a rather larger problem: the dead are rising. \nPolitical zealots\, believers\, skeptics\, lovers\, old gods\, new machines and zombies all demand a place at the table. Some want to eat. Some want to preach. Some want to decide who has the right to live—or die. And some just want to survive until morning. The Last Supper is a darkly comic Grand Guignol love story about the collision between individual choice and collective survival. Beneath the blood\, absurdity and zombie mayhem is a surprisingly intimate question: When everything falls apart\, what do we owe one another? \nRound The Bend Theater presents this special staged reading at Byrdcliffe Theater as part of its larger commitment to developing and co-producing bold new plays and supporting playwrights. And because the apocalypse has impeccable timing\, we’re making a Halloween party of it. Come dressed as a zombie and join the parade and contest! \n  \n$25 tickets\nPURCHASE TICKETS \n  \nABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT \nDavid Simpatico’s career highlights include: the book/stage adaptation of Disney’s High School\nMusical; The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Jonathan Larson Award; music by Will\nTodd); Garden of Light\, libretto for choral symphony\, withcomposer Aaron Jay Kernis. His\nmusical adaptation of Twelve Angry Men\, music and lyrics by Michael Holland\, received its\nworld premiere production in June\, 2022 at Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis\, directed by Peter\nRothstein\, and a subsequent production at Asolo Rep in Sarasota\, Florida. His grand opera\, The\nLife and Death(s) of Alan Turing\, with music by Justine F. Chen\, received its world premiere at\nChicago Opera Theater in March\, 2023\, also directed by Peter Rothstein. He is currently\nadapting Wally Lamb’s She’s Come Undone\, with co-bookwriter Darrah Cloud\, and\ncomposer/lyricist\, Michael Holland. He is also working on That Hellbound Train\, a new jazz\nopera with composer Lisa DeSpain\, based on the short story by Robert Bloch. His play\, Ex-Gay\nBar\, was named Honorable Mention in the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award\, as\nwell as receiving the inaugural Voices For Change Action Grant by ArtsWestchester. Most\nrecently\, his oratorio adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol\, with score by Will Todd\,\nreceived its first production with Opera Holland Park at Sinfonia Smith Square in London\, Dec\,\n2024\, 2025 and 2026. \nDavid is an alumnus of the Composer Librettist Development Program at American Lyric\nTheater. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University\, and an\nundergraduate from Northwestern University\, where he studied playwriting under Linda\nJenkins.  He has received support from Edward Albee Foundation\, Millay Colony\, NY Theatre\nWorkshop\, Eugene O’Neill Foundation and Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat.  David is a proud\nmember of the Dramatists Guild\, and with playwright Darrah Cloud\, is co-founder of Howl\nPlaywrights in Rhinebeck\, NY\, where he lives with his husband and muse\, Robert C. Strickstein.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/the-last-supper-round-the-bend-theater-co/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Theatre\, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special events,Theatre
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